Book List: Juvenile Books by African-American Authors

The Crossover (series)

Kwame Alexander

Isaiah Dunn Is my Hero

Kelly J. Baptist

Maya and the Rising Dark

Rena Barron

Like Vanessa

Tami Charles

So Done

Paula Chase

The Only Black Girls in Town

Brandy Colbert

New Kid (series)

Jerry Craft

Blended

Sharon M. Draper

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (series)

L.R. Giles

The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson

Jayla Jumps In

Joy Jones

For Black Girls Like Me

Mariama Lockington

Rock Star (series)

Kelly Starling Lyons

What Lane?

Torrey Maldonado

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Janae Marks

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (series)

Kwame Mbalia

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

David Barclay Moore

A Good Kind of Trouble

Lisa Ramee

Ghost (series)

Jason Reynolds

Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Two Naomis

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

Ways to Make Sunshine

Renee Watson

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia Williams

President of the Whole Fifth Grade (series)

Sherri Winston

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Kadir Nelson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

Pat McKissack

Chasing Space

Leland Melvin

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box

Evette Dionne

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Vashti Harrison

Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists

Tonya Bolden

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace

Ashley Bryan